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William A. Bernrieder Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1979-001
Dates:
1917-1988
Scope and Contents
The William A. Bernrieder Collection has a great deal of information about the history of the USS Houston (CA-30) as well as the USS Texas and Franklin Roosevelt's visit to Houston in 1936. Bernrieder corresponded with many of the leading businessmen and politicians in Houston during his lifetime, as well as officers in the Navy. The collection dates from 1917- 1988, with the bulk of the material dating from 1929-1936 and from 1970-1986. Bernrieder kept a considerable amount of...
William A. Bernrieder Port of Houston Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1979-002
Dates:
1945-1979
Scope and Contents
This small collection deals entirely with the Port of Houston. It is comprised entirely of clippings and publications related to the history of the Port of Houston.
Cinema Bomar Films
Collection
Identifier: 2024-025
Dates:
1956-1978
Scope and Contents
Cinema Bomar Films was donated and curated by the 16mm film collective, Cinema Bomar, which highlights local Houstonian home movies, camera tests, as well as promotional and industrial films created for Pennzoil, the Houston Chronicle, Monsanto, and IBM 1800. Of special interest is the Kennedy Assassination – Chronicle, 1963, film created by August Galiano, an amateur filmmaker and father of collection donor, Elizabeth Nelson, which depicts Galiano’s day working at the Houston Chronicle when...
Houston Municipal Wharves Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2007-011
Dates:
1916-1917
Scope and Contents
The Houston Municipal Wharves Photographs Collection contains photographs of Houston Ship Channel construction during the years 1916-1917. The photographs are labeled Horton & Horton Contractors.
Houston Ship Channel 50th Anniversary Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1982-001
Dates:
1926-1964
Scope and Contents
There are 66 items in the collection, dating from 1926-1964. Included is a typed manuscript history of the Port of Houston and Buffalo Bayou, as well as a typed version of the ordinance establishing the Port of Houston in 1841. In addition are 40 photographic prints. The photographs include shots of an exhibit highlighting the history of the Port of Houston, as well as photographs from the fiftieth anniversary of the Port of Houston, taken on November 10, 1964. The anniversary...
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